In the opener against Loyola
Marymount, the Tigers rallied from a four-goal first-half deficit
to draw even in the third quarter, but would eventually fall
9-7.

The teams traded goals in the first
minute of the game, but LMU went on a four-goal run to lead 5-1
after a quarter. Princeton would trim the lead to 5-4 at the half
with three goals in the second quarter as Tim Wenzlau, Mike Helou and Matt Weber all scored. Wenzlau's goal was
a natural score, while Helou scored on a counter and Weber scored
from the set.

The Lions started the second half
with a man-up goal to stop the Princeton run, but a goal from
Drew Hoffenberg
brought Princeton back to within one. LMU again stretched the
margin to two goals but Weber and Wenzlau netted back-to-back goals
34 seconds apart to draw Princeton even at 2:04 of the third
quarter.

The score remained tied through the
end of the third quarter and the first three minutes of the final
frame before LMU's Edgaras Asajavicius scored on a 5-meter shot
midway through the final period. The Lions would get an insurance
goal with 1:21 to go to seal up the 9-7 win.

Wenzlau and Weber each had two
goals for Princeton, while Hoffenberg, Billy Tifft and Kayj Shannon all had assists. Hoffenberg
added three steals and drew two ejections. Ben Dearborn returned from injury to make
his first start of the season and stopped 13 shots in the loss.

Princeton was scoreless on five
man-up chances, while the Lions scored on four of eight tries, as
well as a five-meter penalty shot.

In the evening affair under the
lights of McDonald's Swim Stadium, Hoffenberg scored twice but the
University of Southern California rolled to a 13-4 victory to drop
Princeton to 10-3 on the season.

The nonconference clash saw the
Trojans keep their undefeated start to 2011 intact at
7-0.

Brian Boswell
ripped in the Trojans' first two goals out of set as Princeton had
leveled things after Boswell's first, but his second of the night
helped spark a five-goal USC surge in the first period.
Stephen Siri and Peter Kurzeka
each knocked in the first of their two goals in the game during
that run, with Forest Monroe and Andrew
Reego also finding the back of the net as USC opened up a
6-1 lead on the Tigers.

Princeton got an even score to open
the second before the Trojans again regrouped and silenced the
Tigers for the rest of the half while Kurzeka found his second
goal, Tobias Preuss blasted one of his own and
Nikola Vavic rounded out the half with two power
moves and finishes for a 10-2 USC lead.

That wrapped up senior goalie
Joel Dennerley's time in the cage for the night.
He finished with four saves during that stretch before giving way
to redshirt freshman Ely Bonilla for the second
half. Bonilla was similarly dominant in goal, matching Dennerley
with four saves of his own while Princeton was only able to manage
a five-meter penalty shot in the third period and a late 6-on-5
score in the fourth.

Meanwhile, the Trojan offense
knocked in two more in the third -- Boswell's third to complete his
first hat trick of the year, and a blast from Siri for his second
of the night. Ivan Kustic put the final touch on
USC's offensive onslaught in the fourth period with a 6-on-5
rocket, giving USC its 13th goal of the game on the way to the
nine-goal decision.